Pictures and Graphics better and faster with any AI

Pictures and Graphics better & faster with any AI You get: 210+ copy-ready AI prompts Over 235 pages of experienced advice Office Watch independent help & tips since 1996 Instant PDF download Bonus searchable Word prompt file Works with ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini or any AI you prefer No subscription or extra software needed Not useful? Email us within 14 days for a refund. Your plain English guide to making and changing pictures with AI well and wisely. No need to learn Photoshop or wrestle with an image editor. Just type what you want: "Make the sky blue with a few clouds", "Erase the crowd behind the person in front" or "Clean up this old photo, remove the scratches". AI does the fiddly work. You stay in charge of what looks right, what's accurate and what's appropriate. The book is just as clear about the catches, the ones missing from all the marketing hype. Essential secrets to images and diagrams with smart help AI output is fast, it's smooth, and it looks exactly like every other AI piece on the internet. That's a problem this book solves. Straight talk and help on AI image making and changing This book is the plain English guide to using AI well and wisely. You stay in charge. AI does the heavy lifting. Pictures and Graphics better & faster with any AI also warns about AI risks. AI can be confidently wrong, produces images that have spelling or visual mistakes (we’ll show how to avoid that trap). AI stands for Almost Intelligent. That's the honest version, and you won't get it from companies selling AI services. Looking for spreadsheet help? Check out the companion ebook Spreadsheets better & faster with any AI - buy now. Works with any AI, any app No new tools to learn and nothing extra to buy. The prompts and examples work with: ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini Microsoft Word and PowerPoint (Microsoft 365, Office 2024, Office 2021 and earlier), Google Docs, Apple Pages and OpenOffice There's also detailed coverage of the clever image editing tools built into ChatGPT. The latest in our popular AI series, alongside Write better & faster with any AI, Email better and faster with any AI and Spreadsheets better & faster with any AI. What you'll actually use it for Decorative headings: make documents, sheets and slides look a lot better with a striking title image Diagrams from a description: type an explanation and get a diagram, with or without labels. Exploded views, cutaway views, timelines, process maps, "How it works" pictures and more Photo editing, no Photoshop needed: remove people or crowds, erase a distracting object, sharpen or restore old photos, expand a picture into a panorama, change the lighting, time of day or even the season New style, same picture: remake a photo in a completely different style Portraits: start with a plain photo, even a passport or driver's license shot, and turn it into something nicer and more fashionable. Change the hairstyle, clothes or background Privacy: a whole chapter on hiding faces, from simple blurring to changing faces or covering them with an emoji or symbol Text and fonts in pictures: how AI really writes text, how to ask for a font style or match one, plus identifying a font from a picture or finding a similar font already on your computer Retouching tricks: lighten or darken faces, retouch skin, even change someone's height The book has lots of real, tested prompts. More than 210 longer prompts come in a bonus Word document, grouped by chapter and searchable. No retyping. Copy, adapt, reuse. More than just prompts Plenty of AI books are little more than pages of prompts. Some boast thousands of prompts. More isn’t better if you can’t tell which one to use or how to fix the result. This book gives you tested prompts and the understanding behind them. You’ll know why a prompt works, how to change it for your own job, and what to try when it doesn’t. You’re not limited to someone else’s list. AI images that don't look like AI images AI pictures are quick. By default they're also generic, looking the same as many other AI images. A little too glossy, font and images like many others and often wrong in small ways you don't spot until someone else does. That's the problem this book fixes. How to tell the AI exactly what you want, the right style, type of graphics and ideal font. Straight talk about the traps This book is straight talk about the catches with AI images, the things often missing from the hype put out by companies selling AI services. AI can be confidently wrong. It can mess up details. Hands come out better than they used to, but body parts still go wrong. These days the mistakes are often in the background, where they're easy to miss. Text in pictures is better, not perfect. AI can still misspell words, distort letters and mangle formatting. Check every word before you use it. The book shows the best ways to add text and how fonts really work in AI services. Every AI picture is a draft. Give it a careful human look before it goes into a document, slide or post. AI stands for Almost Intelligent. That's the honest version, and you won't get it from companies selling AI. Great value Office Watch ebooks have always been great value. Lots of help and tips for little money. A book that can save you hours of fiddling in image editors A paid AI plan costs at least double the price of Pictures and Graphics better and faster with any AI, every month. This book is a single payment. The bonus prompt file alone is worth more than the sticker price Who it is for Anyone who wants better pictures for documents, slides, newsletters or family albums, without learning Photoshop or other image editor. Everyday users, professionals, small business owners, teachers, club volunteers and family historians restoring old photos. Plain English, independent advice. No AI company sponsors this book. No marketing speak. No breathless promises. Take one idea away AI is at its best when it helps you create, not when it replaces your thinking. Treat every AI picture as a draft. Keep your critical eye switched on. You get the upside, speed, clarity and momentum, without stepping on the landmines. Get Pictures and Graphics better and faster with any AI now. Instant PDF download, plus the bonus prompts Word document, just US$9.95 or equivalent in your currency. Frequently asked questions Do I need to know Photoshop or any image editor? No. That's the whole point. Instead of learning menus and tools, you type a request in plain English and AI handles the details. The book shows you how to ask. Do I need to be artistic? No. If you can describe what you want in a sentence or two, AI can make it. The prompts give you a head start. Which AI service do I need? Any of ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini, free or paid. Use whichever you already have, or switch between them. Free versions usually limit how many pictures you can make, so a paid plan helps if you make a lot. What about Claude? Claude can analyze images but it doesn't make or edit photos and illustrations like ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini. That's why this book focuses on those three. If you use Claude for writing, see our Write better & faster with any AI ebook. Will it work with Google Docs, Apple Pages or older Office? Yes. Pictures made with AI work in Word or PowerPoint (Microsoft 365, Office 2024, Office 2021 and earlier), Google Docs, Apple Pages, OpenOffice and most other word processors, presentation apps and text editors. Can AI put text into pictures correctly? Better than it used to, but not every time. AI can still misspell words, distort letters and mangle formatting. The book explains how AI writes text, how to ask for a font style, and the best ways to add text so it comes out right. Is it safe to upload my photos to AI? That depends on the AI service and what's in the photo. The book is straight talk about privacy, with a whole chapter on hiding faces, from simple blurring to emoji overlays. Peter Deegan Peter Deegan has written about Microsoft Office since 1996, when he helped start Office Watch, the independent newsletter and site that has covered Office news, bugs and tips for nearly 30 years. He takes the same line on AI. He is not a cheerleader and not a doubter. AI is not as good as the hype claims, and not as useless as the skeptics say. This book is the practical middle ground: what genuinely saves you time and effort, and what to watch out for. Pictures and Graphics better & faster with any AI Your Picture Partner Avoid the traps Any app, any AI Almost Intelligent Let AI do some heavy lifting Prompts Bonus Privacy AI Basics The Prompt: Your Side of the Conversation The Response: What the AI Sends Back AI Chat: Back and Forth Conversation AI Services About AI models Privacy & Security Easily Editing images Colors and Color Codes Decoration and Titles Decorative headings Add text later More heading styles Word image heading with text in Outline Color, Shade and Border changes Diagrams from Text Washing Clothes test Flowcharts Labeled Diagrams Layered Illustrations Comparison graphics Timelines Process Maps How it works Mermaid with AI Fonts in AI images No font menu, just descriptions Where the three services differ Text Tips Using a Reference image Identify fonts from pictures How good is AI at naming fonts? Prompts to identify a font Prompts to find a match on your computer Closest match in Microsoft 365 or Office When the font has to be exact Listing installed fonts Portraits Reference photo Avoid some traps Headshot Change Clothes Fix Background Hairstyle Grid Faces & Privacy Faces aren't the only giveaway The "Keep everything else" clause Blur Faces Change the faces Mannequin Faces Emoji and Symbols Blurring background faces Image Editing How AI changes a picture Which AI service to use Writing a good editing prompt Remove People Erasing crowds Replace or change backgrounds Remake in a different style Sharpen, restore and improve quality Extend or change the shape of a photo Change the lighting, time or season Tidy up product photos When something goes wrong Editing Tools in AI Fun and Interesting Portraits Watercolor portrait Pencil Sketch Pop Art Comic Portrait Classical Marble Bust Faces in coffee Underwater adventure Holding a plane in the clouds Plus 12 more styles More AI image tricks Removing or Adding people to an image Changing heights When your face is too dark or too bright Remove yellow indoor lighting Retouch skin Remove one distracting object cleanly Add believable golden hour lighting Improve a noisy nighttime photo Captions, alt text, descriptions About slash short codes